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His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, U.A.E. Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and President of Zayed University, invited Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann, President and Founder of the World Security Network Foundation, to speak about the WSN project The Human Codes of Tolerance and Respect
which wants to create a more peaceful world by a forceful promotion of
tolerance and respect by the global elite in connection with parents,
educators, religious leaders, the media and open-minded politicians.

For my organization, the World Security Network, tolerance and respect are the lifeblood of peaceful coexistence and crucial elements of the “soft powers” of peacemaking.

German philosopher Emmanuel Kant wrote: “The state of peace among men
and women is not the natural state – a state of peace must be
established.”

As a global network, we at WSN believe that these wise ideas are truer today than ever before and must be implemented actively.

We must all together water the tree of tolerance and respect.

The soft factors of peacemaking are often put aside by the harder military instruments of peacemaking.

The focus on the promotion of stability through military means and homeland security has led to an unbalanced approach.

The human soul and dignity as the heart of peacemaking have been
almost forgotten, and a cold power policy has prevailed which will not
be able to produce stability and perpetual peace in a diverse world of
globalization.

We now need a global jihad for tolerance and respect like the
Prophet demanded – a new state of true peace and balance for our global
village, including Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus and all the many
different positive forces on earth.

We need a global vision and a soul. We need globally respected moral values, and just as important, We need a steady promotion.

Unfortunately today we leave the most important questions of peace,
reconciliation, tolerance and respect to a loud but tiny minority of
radicals, a majority of mediocre politicians, and mainly
backward-looking academics.

Furthermore, we do not have an action plan like in business for their promotion.

Does this work? – No.

Will this work in the future? – Not at all!

Who can actually change the world and promote tolerance and respect
effectively? Only you – the global elite of this world – can do it! -
but we remain for the most part silent and passive, and we only observe
the negative actions of radical minorities on TV.

- We own this world intellectually - We have influence - We have the power - We have a large pool of creativity and optimism.

But what do we do with all this?

I am calling for an elite which takes over the promotion of tolerance
and respect as a common soul of our global village now, and does not
just wait for politics.

I am calling to impeach the radicals by taking over as an elite the
responsibility for a better world of moral values, especially for our
children.

We as the elite have no choice but to take responsibility and take action now.

If we do not, nobody will do it effectively.

Please do not ask the new U.S. President Barack Obama, the UN or your
national government what they should and will do – but rather ask
yourself what you can do with your friends and networks for a better
world together now.